Comments on: Come tweak the man

By: simon robinson

simon robinson — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:46:29 +0000

Surely nobody believes Amazon’s release dates any more?! They just slap an early date up there to get your order before anyone else. But don’t get me started on their aggressive tactics as they continue to shove indie retailers to the edge of oblivion, please.
I’ll post something about Beyond The Purple shortly.

By: purpledaniel

purpledaniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:43:34 +0000

Amazon UK displays a release date of September 1 for Come Taste The Band… I guess this is not real. Any precise idea when it will be released? Also a 10 cd box called Beyond the Purple will be available.. what is it?

By: simon robinson

simon robinson — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:50:29 +0000

Exactly my argument Jim, I guess they feel if they drop their prices once, that would be it but as you say increasingly these images are of less and less commercial interest as the days roll by.

By: Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:52:05 +0000

I think that the studio work with Morse has some terrific songs. The live recordings can underwhelm me because either Ian can’t hit the notes, they go too heavy on oldies, or Morse shreds too much. I still dig ‘em. No classic rock band ever quite matches its 1970s heights, none I can think of.

As for the photographer charging too much for Mark IV photos, what a foolish move. Let’s face it, it is a rather small audience right now that would pay for those photos, and that audience ain’t getting any bigger! How much money does a photographer make by NOT selling the photos?

By: simon robinson

simon robinson — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:14:37 +0000

The clips on that tatty old Heavy Metal Pioneers collection are thought to be from a US show, but the original has not yet been located. In addition a show from Jakarta has been located. It is just possible that the HMP footage stems from this Jakarta film, but until viewing copies are located we will not know for sure. Be nice to think there are two gigs out there!

By: purpledaniel

purpledaniel — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:44:15 +0000

Simon, could you at least tell us where the intriguing footage of a complete mk IV comes from? America or Asian tour?

By: simon robinson

simon robinson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:34:19 +0000

I think you’re probably right, well certainly not me. The whole 25+ years of the reunion still fails to generate the interest the years 68-76 often do, even though there are plenty of highlights. I guess it’s because the reunion always seemed much slicker and focused, more stage-managed somehow. Also perhaps because the band never had the hits second time around which would have taken them to a wider general audience. Truth Hurts being the honourable exception of course!

By: Damien Reid

Damien Reid — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:08:27 +0000

I find all this very interesting, as it brings back that strange feeling about deep purple with Tommy Bolin. Which is similar, but different to the feeling about purple with Steve Morse. I still can’t quite let steve morse in – too much of a technician.

Interestingly, my 18 year old son, who’s got musical taste from Joy Division to Kings of Leon, exclaimed recently – as I came back from work to hear Glenn Hughes doing Dance to the Rock and Roll, in the middle of Gettin Tighter – that Tommy Bolin is the coolest bloke in Deep Purple.

Sadly, I don’t expect us to be discussing the photos and playing of Steve Morse in such a positive light in 35 years.

By: Timothy Campbell

Timothy Campbell — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:40:04 +0000

Talk about a labour of love… ! I can imagine how much you’d get charged for tickling this shot! Once I started doing live photography as a job I found it didn’t make any difference how many cameras you used you still missed fabulous shots while loading/rewinding!
Will you use that lovely shot of TB arriving at Liverpool that you took (where he’s got his hat on).

On the dvd front I think the way that Led Zep have managed to produce enjoyable ‘live’ footage from short clips of super 8 synched with decent soundboard might be a good way of doing things, the footage itself only needs to be vaguely accurate…

By: simon robinson

simon robinson — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:06:35 +0000

The Made In Japan footage is likely to be made the core of some sort of DVD release, though I’m not sure how it will be padded out to DVD length as there isn’t much, and what there is are just clips. It is thought that some different material might survive, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed. I had intended that DVD3 would be just a Hits package, and we could then do subsequent collectors releases with other material as it appears. As this plan was ignored in favour of the hybrid release, I’m not sure what happens to the other footage now.
Not sure what you mean about EMI and Argentina; as far as I know CTTB will be shipped around as the other titles were.